Live performance of male broilers subjected to constant or increasing air velocities at moderate temperatures with a high dew point

Poultry Science

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1328-1331

  Dozier III, W A ^a   Lott, B D ^b   Branton, S L ^a  

^a POULTRY RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air velocity; Broiler; Dew point; Moderate temperature

Indexed keywords

AVES;

AIR; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMIDITY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

AIR MOVEMENTS; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CHICKENS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOUSING, ANIMAL; HUMIDITY; MALE; TEMPERATURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 25444452876     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/84.8.1328     Document Type: Article

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